معرفی
Lisa Petrella is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Marquette University, specializing in Caenorhabditis elegans research. Her work focuses on developmental and cellular responses to temperature stress, with implications for global climate change and cancer biology. She teaches advanced courses in genomics, bioinformatics, and experimental genetics.
Education:
- B.S., 2000, Juniata College
- Ph.D., 2006, Yale University
- Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2012, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Interests:
- Regulation of development under temperature stress
- DREAM complex and LIN-15B in cell fate specification
- Germline-soma gene expression boundaries
- Chromatin structure during embryogenesis
- Link between ectopic gene expression and cancer progression
Publication Trends: Recent work emphasizes temperature-induced fertility loss mechanisms, chromatin regulation, and Wnt signaling's role in developmental gene misexpression. Her studies bridge environmental stress adaptation and cancer biology.
Scientific Awards:
- REIS Diverse Course Development Grant (2020)
- Way Klingler Young Scholars Award (2015)
- Markos Family Breast Cancer Woman Faculty Scholar Grant (2016)
Advising:
- Current Ph.D. student: Kristen Quaglia
- Former advisees: Nicholas Sepulveda (2023), Jerrin Cherian (2020), Franki Compere (2020), Meghan Costello (2019)
Laboratory: The Petrella Lab at Marquette University investigates temperature stress effects on development and cell biology using C. elegans, with active projects on mating behavior defects and germline gene regulation.
